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ICLE," The Dallea, Oregon.
NO SPECIAL SESSION.
A correspondent of the Oregouian sign'
ins himself "Tax Reform," calls upon
the Dress of this state to make a solid
demand upon the governor, for a special
session of the legislature to deal with
the question of tax reform solely. There
is no doubt that the demand for a new
' assessment law is above all other needed
state reforms the most urgent ; but the
correspondent's suggestion is impractic
able for two reasons. In the first place
sion. He had enough of the last one
and wants no more of it. It matters
not how loud the press might demand it
his excellency never wants to see their
face again, and this will be true of many
of them. The governor may be a crank,
. and on many things we believe he is,
but he is the kind of a crank that even
the press of the state cannot turn unless
- he wants to himself. He has a notion
of his own and generally sticks to it.
Tint thn other reason is eaually
forcible. The members of the present
legislative body are not capable of mak
ing a good assessment law. Many of
t them are able men, now doubt ; but as
the matter stands, no law could pass
both houses that would place the debtor
on an equality with the creditor. Had
the law passed that was finally defeated
in the senate, the struggling poor the
utihwa ww " - o J . i
wonld have clamoured more loudly for
its repeal, two years from hence, than
they now cry for tax reform. No law
that will not allow the debtor to
deduct his honest debts, . will ever
. be popular in Oregon, till the people all
become millionares : and that time will
iiiMa iarahv faTtn lartrMrt maioniv.
never come. Much as we regret the
failure of the legislature to pass a good
assessment law, we have the comfort of
reflecting that the people, who are now,
everywhere, waking up to their own in
- terests, can carry tbe war into the next
campaign,- and elect only such . men as
will pledge themselves to support such
taxations laws as they may demand. If
this is done, as we believe it can and
will be done, the masses will be satisfied
with the result. The big assessment law
that passed tbe house and was defeated
by a small majority in the senate, was a
clnmsv. ill-di seated, bungling piece of
work. The occasion of its defeat was an
amendment introduced by Senator
Tongue. The bill as it passed the house.
allowed deductions for mortgage indebt-
- edness only. Senator Tongue's amend
ment was to allow other written evi
. dences - of debt to be deducted also,
Nothing, in our opinion could have been
fairer than this. If it was right to allow
deductions for mortgage indebtedness, it
was equally right to allow the deduction
of all notes of hand, where the debtor
could point out to the assessor the owner
of the credit. The amendment went
upon the principle of allowing deduction
for all debts that could be taxed to the
creditor. The principle is fair, beyond
all controversy. It was too fair; that
wadill ailed it r and while the senate
passed the amendment, much to the
surprise of Senator Tongue, himself, the
Portland ring and their abettors, who
were first, lart and all the time opposed
11 AA , ' nwvmntlr Villa! H
amended bill, for spite. There will be a
big change in the Oregon legislature two
years from now. and the change cannot
. come too soon. Till then we must en
dure the miserable system we have.
ECHOES OF THE LEGISLATURE.
When we say that Senator Hilton did
not support The Dalles water bill, as
passed by the house, we say what is
" true; but we say it with this qualifica
tion ; be did not support it till it was
amended to suit his taste. In this, how
ever he broke no pledge. A bill that
suited his two conferees in the house.
might have suited a modester man
Perhaps there were others to please be
sides himself, and if so his modesty will
remain nnimpeached. Senator Watkins
fought the amendment with all his
might. -. He reminded the senate of the
fate of the charter bill. He told them
this was another effort, either to defeat
J the bill or amend it so that it would be
of no effect. . In vain. The senate was
deaf, the amendment passed, and the
bill took its place on the calendar.
It was Friday morning, the day before
- adjournment. The senate met at nine
o'clock. Senator Hilton was Dromntlv
in nis place : senator atkins was
little late. Immediately after roll call
ihe senator from Wasco and Gilliam
sprang to his feet and moved that tbe
- rules be suspended and house bill num
ber 237 be put upon its final passage,
. Senator Watkins entered just a the mo
tion vat about to be put by the president.
There was a hurried whisper, an objec
tion ana tne motion was lost, it was
All over in a moment, but the Bavor of it
lingers with us still. While we write it
we are loth to believe it. Yet we saw it
or thought we did, with our own eyes.
The seats of the two senators were side
by side, yet the senator from Gilliam
might have had his back turned, or he
might have been afflicted with tempor-
through the walls of the state house, or
he might have had secret intelligence
that Senator Watkins would be there in
time to vote. We are willing io believe
anything, but in the light of our early
education it looked bad. Perhaps noth
ing wrong was intended. The bill finally
came up in its regular turn. Meanwhile
Senator Watkins had consulted with
such of the frame rs and snpporters of
the original bill as were at hand. All
dvised him to defeat the amended bill,
if be could. The senate was again deaf.
Petition, memorial and resolution were
sent np to the president, and read to the
senate. Senator Hilton was implored
to present the slightest proof that the
people of The Dalles were behind him.
He sent np a copy of the . Time Moun
taineer. That settled it. Not a man on
the floor of the senate bat knew an out
rage was about to be perpetrated. Sev
eral of them, who voted with the njajor
ity, afterwards said as much, but avow
ed they couldn't help it
Some skulked
into corners and committee rooms, as if
ashamed to vote aye and afraid to vote
no. Senator Hilton, was alarmed. He
moved a call of the roll. The recalcit
rants were mustered by the sargeant-at
arms. Some begged to be excused from
voting. Senator Hilton objected . and
they voted aye. The deed was done
and The Dalles people were "not in it.
THE MAYOR'S MESSAGE.
It is well known to the people of this
city and county that the common conn
cil of The Dalles and the mayor have
been having a "monkey and parrot'
time, for lo these many months. That
the gentlemen who compose the council
were always wrong and his honor always
right we cannot believe. Prima facie,
the united wisdom of five honored and
honorable men, some of them old enough
to be his father, is as likely to be
sound and right as that of one, albeit
mayor. That the council may have
made mistakes, we may frankly admit,
That the mayor " may have done the
same is just as likely. Nothing is gained
by unfairness, and it is not journalism
but todyism that insists on perpetual
fault-finding with the one and constant
laudation of the other, the mayor ae
livered a message to the council last
Saturday evening. It was an able and
valuable document, fall of figures and
wise suggestions. But it was promptly
tabled by the council and they did right.
When an official, holding a high and
honored position, uses an official meS'
sage, as the vehicle of petty spite or bit
ter hate; when the mayor of a city
allows his rancor to supplant his man'
ners ; when he prostitutes his dignity to
place on the records of a municipality an
evidence of his own partisan hatred
affection, the council has a right to snub
him. and they did so. The council had
no right to endorse a laudation of Messrs.
Hilton, McCoy and Johnston and
condemnation of Senator Watkins, and
they didn't. If the mayor wanted
thank Senator Hilton and Represents
tives McCoy and Johnston for obeequi
ous personal servitude, ana conaemn
Senator Watkins because he faithfully
supported the wishes of his constituents
he might have done bo in some other
way. His thanks and blame had no
place in an official message.
We have only one other fault to find
with this, otherwise excellent document,
We have already said it was a cunningly
devised instrument. It was all that,
It may not have been intended, but
reads as if every good feature in the
amended water bill was placed there by
the mayor's suggestion. We cannot
allow him so much glory. He must
share some of it with others. The coon
cil needs a little as well as tbe mayor.
We have not seen the water bill, as
finally passed the senate, but His Honor
tells us that the amended bill contains
a provision whereby the surplus revenue
from water rents can lie loaned out
when not needed to pay interest on the
bonded debt. But this was in the bill
that the council favored. They thought
it one of the best features of the bill.
and reckoned it would save to the city
before its debt was finally paid, as much
as $20,000. We are pleased to know this
provision remains, but the council must
get the glory of it ; not the mayor. His
is a lessor glory. He didn't amend it
out. .tor that we move mm a vote
thanks.
of
PERSONAL AND EXP AN A TOR Y
The first issue of the Chpomcl - was
dated December 15, 1890. Nearly three
months have passed since then,' and, till
this present issue, the Timet-Moun
taineer and its editor can scarcely be said
to have been noticed in its columns. If
the Cbboxiclb was started to "starve
out" the Mountaineer, it was singularly
tardy, in commencing the process. Our
predecessor, Mr. Cradlebaugh, never
once referred to that paper, and the
present writer, on taking charge, received
positive instruction to "leave Mr,
Michell alone." He would have been
glad to have done so, but he cannot,
He must rise to explain ; and must do it
now. The editor of the Timet-Mountaineer
has been whining for the past
six months, because, as he alleges, the
Chboniclk was started to starve him
out. The pocket of the Ttmes-Moun-
taineer is the tenderest part of his anat
omy. That explains the intensity oi the
wail. If the Chbonicls has any mission
it is to tell the truth. If the Time-
Mountaineer had done this, there had
been no need for the Chkoxiclx. The
Chronicle was started then, because, in
the words of a learned senator, uttered
on the floor of the senate, ' during the
meeting of the legislature, "the editor of
the Times-Mountaineer is the most ac
complished disciple of Anniaw in Eastern
Oregon." The Chbonicxk was started
to treat people fairly. Had the Moun
taineer always done this the Chronicue,
then, had had no special mission. In
the Mountaineer of yesterday, there is a
notice, in the second local column, of a
circular, issued by the State Horticul
tural society. We publish it, today in
full. Mr. Michell yesterday published
all but the author and subscriber. This
was the honored name of our fellow
townsman James A. Varney. The Timet-
Mountaineer doesn't like Mr. Varney,
Mr. arney doesn't get all his printing
done there, and hiB name must not ap
pear in the columns of that journal, in
any connection that would do him honor,
At the last local agricultural fair General
Varney made an exhibit of grapes. The
Timet-Mountaineer, give an accurate ac
count of all exhibits, but Mr. Varney's,
Mr. Varney took the same exhibit to
Portland and carried the sweep-stake
prize in competition with the whole
state. This is not journalism. No
journal, worthy of the name would stoop
so low. The Timet-Mountaineer falsely
insinuates that the Chronicle- is a
North Dallea boomer." There has
never been a line in this journal adver
tising North Dalles, that was not paid
lor at advertising rates. Sut enoueh.
The Txmet-Mountaxneer must not trust
any longer, in the credulity of the public
and the silence of the Chronicle. It
won't be safe.
"A ohiel among us takln' note.
An' faith he'll prent it"
WE TAKE THE DISPATCHES.
The Chronicle is one of the six even
ing papers in this state that takes the
associated press dispatches. All im
portant matters that transpire through
out the country appears in this journal,
as a rule, from twenty-four to forty-eight
before the people ,oi The Dalles see them
in the Oregonian. Newspapers that do
not take the dispatches must wait and
from those that do.
A DISCOVERY.
It is something new to ourselves, as
it is, we doubt not, to many of our read
ers, to discover, notwithstanding all that
has been said about the defeat of The
Dalles and Celilo portage railway bill,
that the late session of the legislature
actually did pass a bill for the con
stuction and equipment of such portage
railway, and that Governor Pennoyer
really signed it, and that the said bill is,
today, a law in this state.
The title of the senate bill No. 6. intro
duced by Senator Watkins, reads thus :
"An act to authorize and empower the
Governor, Secretary of State and State
Treasurer of the State of Oregon, and
their successors in office, for, on and in
the name and behalf of the State of Ore
gon, to build, construct, operate and
maintain a portage railway between the
highest and lowest points of the naviga- j
ble waters of the Columbia river, ati
the Cascades, in Oregon, and between I
the highest and lowest points of the
navigable waters of the Columbia river,
between The Talles and Celilo, in Oregon,
and to build avd construct all necessary
switches and ipproaches thereto."
Section 2 provides that the board of
portage commissioners "shall commence
to build, construct, run, operate and
maintain said roads, as soon as there are
any available funds under the provision
of this act." It will be seen therefore,
that the law confers full authority on
the Governor and the other members of
the board to build, equp and run both
roads, while the first section of the bill
gives them the right to determine
which railway ' "shall be built first."
Moreover, they need not wait till all' the
necessary funds are in the treasury.
They are empowered "to begin as soon
as any are available." Is it not possible,
then, that through Seuate bill No. 6, we
may yet obtain a portage railway between
The Dallea and Celilo as well as at the
Cascades? A portage road around these
obstructions, it is well known, is a pet
scheme of Governor Pennoyer. Honest
Phil Metchan will certainly stand in with
him, and cannot afford to go back on
Eastern Oregon. The legislature that
empowers and authorizes a board of
commissioners to do a certain work, are
bound moraUy, and every other way; to
furnish the means. The biU, it is true,
provides only the sum of $60,000. The
next legislature would have to increase
the appropriation to the necessary
amount. The Cascade road will doubt
less be built first, and soon. When it is
finished, and long before the next legisla
ture meets, the contract might be let
and work commenced at The Dalles.
We really see no insurmountable diffiouly
in the way. The governor and the board
have all the authority they need. If the
governor stands by us in our extremity
he will earn and deserve onr eternal
gratitude. Will he do it? We believe
he will.
A DEFEATED COUNTY CLERICS"
ANSWER.
The editor of the Timet Mountaineer
accuses us of having attacked him.
This is only another proof of the fidelity
of the "disciple" to the teaching of his
master.. We have not attacked him.
He has been whining for six months
about starvation.' We only told him
that if he had served a better master in
the past he wouldn't be now starving,
and that if starvation stares him in the
face he has only himself to blame. The
Chronicle didn't do it ; and if it did he
ought to be the last to confess it. It
should never be acknowledged that
paper that "never -had a practical news
paper man connected with it, and
whose editor is "hired," and a "defeat
ed county clerk ' to Doot, con id possess
the power to starve out a vetern journal
ist and the on-hired editor of a paper all
his own. We have not attacked him
A defeated railroad commissioner, nay,
even a defeated water commissioner is
too great a man, for a defeated county
clerk to attack. We have only tramped
on the tail of the coat he has, so long
been dragging in the dust. We have
modestly presumed to touch the chip
he carries on his shoulder. He got mad ;
but it is the madness of starvation,
Next time we'll pass round the hat ; but
if we ever attack him, which we won't;
if we can help it (because we don't want
the columns of this journal filled with
matter in which the public can have
little interest, and no profit) we will
make him so much ashamed of himself
that he won't wait to be starved to death ;
he'll cut hit throat. The brother will do
well to "keep away from here." ,
RIGHT OF WAY GRANTED.
President Harrison has approved a bill
authorizing a right of way for the portage
road, over the government grounds at
the Cascades. - This removes the. lost
difficulty, and we may add, the last
anxiety, about the success and comple
tion of the road. The matter is now in
the hands of the state board of portage
commissioners, and we have no fear but
the governor and other members of the
board will hasten its completion. Al
ready the board of commissioners have
had a conference with Major Handbury,
who furnished them with the fullest
possible information in regard to the locks
and the facilities for constructing the
road. The commission, we are also in
formed, will formulate their ideas in re
gard to the matter and submit them to
the major, in an official communication,
immediately, which he will forward to
the chief of engineers, with such recom
mendation as he deems proper.
THE PEOPLE'S PAPER.
The columns of this journal are open
to every man who has anything to say
that the people ought to hear and know
It is the people's paper and the people
can use it as their own. Of course it
goes without saying, the managers must
be the judges of the utility and propriety
of any communication ; but nothing will
be excluded, merely because it is not in
harmony with their ideas. The editor
must not be held responsible for the
views of correspondents, if any one
thinks himself wronged, by any words in
the columns he controls, the paper is at
his service, and the antidote will have
as wide a circulation as the bane.
If Governor -Pennoyer should take the
advice of the Chronicle and carrying
out bis "pet scheme" build us a portage
railway at The Dalles as Senator Wat
kins' bill authorizes him to do, then, it
will have been found that the Oregon
law makers legislated better than they
knew.
W. C. T. U. COLUMN.
For God and Home and Native Land.
EDITED BY
' " THE DALLES W. C. T. IT XI ON.
What Rulea The World.
Thi'j' say that man In mighty.
Uc governs land and sea.
He wields a mighty scepter -o'er
leader towers that be;
Hut a power mightier, stronger,
Man from his throne has hurled.
"For the hand that rocks the (rail Il
ls the hand that rules the world."
In deep, mysterious conclave.
'Mid philosophic mindn,
Unraveling knotty problems,
His native forte man finds;
Yet all his "ies" and "isms"
To heaven's four winds are hnrled,
"For the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rules the world."
Behold the brave commander
Staunch mid the carnage stand. .
Itehold the guidon dying
With his colors in his hand.
Brave men they be, yet craven
When this banner is unfurled:
"Tbe band that rocks tbe cradle
. Is tbe hand thut rules the world."
(ireat statesmen govern nations,
Kings mould a people's fitte.
But the unseen hand of velvet
These giants regulate.
The iron arm of fortune
With woman's charm is purled:
For the band that rocks tne cradle
U the baud thut rules the world."
American Israelite.
Importance of Free Reading Rooma.
We see and hear a great deal - about
young men and girls too, running off or
leaving their homes without their
parent's knowledge or approbation. The
unseen and untried city has a great fas
cination for young people' from the
country. Trashy novels, .sensational
stories in newspapers are prolific cause of
this evil, as well as of others.
. Parents and teachers should wisely
select the reading matter, that goes into.
the hands of their children . and pupils.
There should be such ah abundance of
attractive reading matter in every home
that the temptation to read harmful
matter surreptitiously would be very
small indeed. This should be an easy
matter to do out of the great amount of
entertaining publications for youth. But
there are many homes where there is no
reading matter of any kind. Hence the
importance of free reading rooms.
Temperance Notoa,
Two pillars must be set up between
which the processions of the future shall
march into America's temple of pros
perity and peace. They-' are national
education and national prohibition..
St. Paul authorities have' set about
enforcing the ordinance for closing sa
loons at midnight, which had fallen in
to disuse. Union Signal.
Every saloon in Nort h Dakota is clos
ed ; the result of the supreme court de
cision that liquor in oriignal packages
could not be sold in that state. Union
Signal.
Investigation proves that the blame
for the mine horror in Pennsylvania be
longs to a fire-boss too drunk to do his
duty. Union Signal.
The Enemy Unawares.
"While men slept, the enemy came
and sowed tares among the wheat."
Sometimes people sleep when awake.
While the good man was in his study
looking np Israel's shortcomings of three
thousand years ago, or preparing for a
pitched battle with Darwin and Huxley,
the enemy was sowing tares all over
that parish. While the father was full
of business the enemy had the boy in
hand and filled his life with evil thoughts
and the seeds of ruinous habits. While
the mother was careful for many things,
the daughter was up stairs reading a
book which the enemy gave her and
which put blighting thoughts in her mind
to stay there until the judgmen comes.
The remainder of this artictle for the
reader to make out for himself. Be
ware of the enemy who comes unawares.
Advance. . ; . . .-
"Working-women in the Large
Cities" was the subject of an instructive
and deeply interesting address given in
Washington recently by Mr. Carroll D.
Wright, Commissioner of th e Labor
Bureau. He said that the traditional
sewing girl, leading a sad, hard life in a
garret, has given place to another type,
which Howells has portrayed in Lemuel
Parker. This modern working girl is
fond of pleasure, rather free, but indus
trious. There are now in this country
from a million to a million and a half of
women engaged in manufacturing and
other kindred pursuits. They- congre
gate in large cities, and, as a class, claim
our sympathies more, perhaps, than any
other class of workers. As to the con
dition of the working women. Mr.
Wright says that the average weekly
pay is only o.l7.; there are . many
causes to keep wages down. Working
women form a new industrial element.
and are earning money where they earn
ed nothing . before. The relation of the
welfare of society of this new economic
element is confessedly one of the most
serious problems of the time.
The Farmers' Alliance Convention, in
Umana, passed tne following resolutions :
Resolved, lliat tne laws regarding the
liquor traffic should be so amended as
to prevent endangering the morals of
our children and destroying the useful
ness of onr citizens.
Resolved, That we believe women have
the same rights as their husbands to
hold property, and we are in sympathy
with any law that will give our wives.
sisters and daughters full representation
at the polls.
The great cause of social crime is
drink. The great cause of poverty is
drink. When I hear of a family broken
np and ask the cause drink. If I go to
the gallows and ask its victim the cause,
the answer drink. Then I ask myself
in perfect wonderment, why do not men
put a stop to this tinner Our legisla
tors will come together and pass every
measure necessary to the welfare of the
people, and vet pass laws sanctioning
the sale of liquor through saloons.
Archbishop Ireland.
Stanley has decided to devote all the
gifts received from royal personages in
Europe, to General Booth's scheme' for
helpidg the poor ' of . London. '; Their
value is about half a million dollars. .
General Booth of the Salvation 'Army
announces a gigantic scheme for the re
clamation of social outcasts, including
homes of refuge industrial education and
religious instruction.
There are six evening papers in the
state which publish the Associated Press
news, ihey are the Portland Telegram,
The Dalles Chronicle; the Baker City
Blade, the Salem Capital Journal, the
Astoria Columbian and the East Oregon
tan. There are onlv four morning
papers in the state which publish Asso
ciated Press news. These are the Ore
gonian, the Salem Statesman, the Albany
Herald and the Astorian. If the growth
of the past two years continues the even
ing papers will more than publish their
share of the news. The evening papers
are fast moving to the front. The peo
ple demand the news of today, not the
news of yesterday which the morning
paper furnishes. East Oregonian.
The occasional correspondent of the
Oregonian, who signs himself "Kabe
lias," is a former Walla Walla man and
is known as R. W. Mitchell. He is at
present employed as secretary and super
intendent of the Portland exposition.:
V OhnrltA Pirimnnfl linn a imuri that
left for the Prineville country on the 9th
of last month. It is in - responsible i
hands, and -be supposes the depth off
snow in that region has delayed its re-
turn. . . '- -
HE HUNTED A BUYER.
Hunt Sells his Entire System to Chas.
B. Wright for 3,000,000 Will the
Northern Parallel the U. P?
Senator Dolph is Doing Good Work for
the Cascades Right of WayThe
Sherman Diamonds to be Sold.
HUNT HELLS OUT.
Charles B. Wright Bnya the "Hunt Sys
tem" A S3.O0O.OO0 Transaction.
Philadelphia, March 3. The Pre
says Charles B. Wright has purchased
from George W. Hunt, of Walla Walla,
Wash., a number of railroads known as
the "Hunt System" which penetrates
the great wheat fields of Eastern Wash
ington and Oregon. The first payment
on this transaction which involves $3,
000,000 was made today. Wright is a
heavy stock holder, in the Northern
Pacific Railroad.
FROM SENATOR KOLrH.
He Will do All He Can for the Cascade
Right of Way.
Washington, D. C. March 2, 1891.
To the President of The Dalle Hoard of
Trade:
Have had reported from the commit
tee on commerce and passed through the
senate and sent to the house a concur
rent resolution granting state of Oregon
right of way at the Cascades . and have
also reported it as amendment to an ap
propriation bill and if the resolution
does not pass the house, will try to pass
it as a rider on the appropriation bill.
J. N. Dolph.
Congressional Proceedings
Washington, March 3. The president
has signed the direct tax bill. .
The Senate has adopted the conference
report on the diplomatic appropriation
bill including the provision for the
Hawaiian cable.
The senate today agreed to the amend
ment to the general deficiency bill reem
bnrsing California, Oregon and Nevada,
for moneys expended by them in sup
pression of the late rele)lion. t22-l00 is
given Oregon.
The senate has ppsseil the general
deficiency bill and seut it back to the
house with senate amendments.
Delewirr Low sjr.80.15O Worth of
Becurltlea.
Wilmington, Del., March 3. It has
just leaked out that $589,150 in securi
ties owned by the Btate of Deleware,
have been lost and no one knows how or
when they disappeared. The securities
are not negotiable. The legislature has
appointed a committee to investigate
the unsettled condition in which the
state's treasury has been left by ex-
Treasurer Herbert and upon the pre
liminary report from that committee
it has decided the secretary of state shall
enter judgment upon Mr. Herbert
official bonds.
THE SHERMAN DIAMONDS.
The Latest Story la That They are to be
Sold.
. Pittbbukg, March 3. The famous
Khedive diamonds valued at $135,000,
which were presented to Miss Minnie
Sherman by the chief ruler of Egypt in
honor of her illustrious father when she
married Lieutenant Thomas W. Fitch in
1875, are to be sold. Although given
absolutely to Mrs. Fitch, the proceeds
will be divided equally among the four
children. ' . -
la Not "Jack the Hipper" Mrs. O'Shea
Get Her Fortune.
London March 3. Firman - Sadler,
arrested for the murder of "Carroty
Nell," has been discharged as the police
could not collect sufficient evidence to
connect him with the crime.
The application of the brother of Mrs.
Wood to break her will, bequeathing her
large fortune to Mrs. O'Shea, was today
refused by the court. -
Chief
Bnahjrhead Get
Order.
Restraining
Guthhix, I. T., March 3. Ex-chief
Bushyhead, who has a lease upon stone
quarries in the Cherokee Strip, today
obtained a temporary restraining order
from Judge Green enjoining Lieutenant
Golden from moving Bushyhead and his
employes from the Strip, or destroying
his buildings, side-tracks, derricks and
machinery. " .
Water Higher than Ever Before Known
la Arlaona.'
San Francisco, March 3. A dispatch
from Clifton, Arizona, dated Jarch 1st,
says that the Graum County Bulletin
states that the water is higher than the
Aztec ruins, and seven feet higher than
the oldest Indian or Mexican remem
bers. It is impossible to ascertain the
damage done to property or life.
Imprisonment tow Life.
Chicago, March 3. George Hath wan,
who shot and killed Ex-Alderman Win.
Whelan in a saloon brawl some weeks
ago, was today found guilty. The punish
ment fixed was imprisonment for life.
Travel to be Keeumed.
San Diego, March 3. Agent Keller, of
the Santa Fe, reports that travel will be
resumed between here and Los Angeles,
Thursday, the first .train leaving that
dav.-- 1 . '
' Good Sale ofCalHornla Stock. '
New York, March 3. At the opening
three days sale of California trotting
stock today. Among the important sales
were Hindoo Wilks a black mare 6 years
old by Guy Wilks, 2:15Vf o,900; Cog
nag, a black colt 3 years old by Guy
Wilks, and Lottie by Belmont for $3,200.
Sad Death of two Children.
Chicago, March 3. Hans Peter Jacob
son, aged twelve years, and bis little sis
ter aged five, were partly burned and
partly suffocated to death shortly after
midnight last night. The house caught
fire in the absence of their parents.
Two of Astoria's Bad Men Fined.
Portland, Or., March 3. Larry Sulli
van and Dick McCarran both of Astoria,
plead guilty in the United States court
today to a charge of boarding vessels
without permission of the captain. They
were fined one hundred dollars each.
AmerieM Trotting Association
In
SeMloa.
Chicago, March 3. Men of the turf
from Maine to California are in attend
ance upon the second biennial congress
of the American Trotting Association.
ADOUl enty delegates are present.
Chicago wheat Market.
Chicago, III., Marsh. 5. Wheat,
easy; cash, 96?67?i; .,May,.-:99J;
June, 94(gS4Ji,
BEVLW OF THE LOCAL MAEKET.
The week ending with today has been
unusually quiet in everything, owing
largely to the recent cold wave . and
storms that have just passed, which
have had a paralyzing influence in all
branches of trade.
The shipments of stock haye been very
.light, as well as the movement of grain.
The wheat market has no new features,
save in Portland, there is about 6000
tons of tonnage at its docks waiting for
cargoes, and as a result a firmness is
manifest for immediate dispatch, as de
lays are promotive of demurage on char
ters, consequently wheat inquiries have
been more active and a stiffning advance
has characterized the markets through
out the post week. In New York and
Chicago the fluctuations are of the same
old report, as well as the European quo
tations, which are governed by the num
ber of cargoes off the coast and in sight,
In finance there is an easier tone and
already advances have been made on the
wool clip of 1891 which bids fair to be
very fine and large.
The live stock market is not as active
as it was for the week previous for ship
ment. The demand is easily supplied
with prime beeves and mutton for the
home market. Our dealers quote an
advance of i cents per pound for fat
cattle, and 4 of a cent for prime hogs.
Veal is in good demand at 5 cents for
heavy to 7 cents for light, with a good
inquiry as the supply is insufficient.
The vegetable market is very stringent
with a very limited supply in sight.
Cabbage is not in the market and sells
freely at 22J cents per pound. Pars
nips and turnips are in demand and the
market is almost without supply. A
greater inquiry is made each day for all
kinds of table vegetables, than formerly,
Chicago' and New York grain quota
tions are as fluctuating as formerly,
with no encouraging features to report
Chicago s May delivery quotation is
99 ; New York, 1.06.
Portland's market reports an advance
with a firmer tone. Its quotations for
Valley is quoted $1.30; Eastern Ore
gon. $1.201.25.
Dalles market has been more active
with a slight advance since last week
quote, .58 for No. 1 ; .56 for No. 2.
Oats The oat market is very quiet
and offerings limited at quotations with
an upward tendency. We quote, extra
clean $1.50 per cental and inferior $1.35
1.40 per cental.
Baelet There is nothing doing in
barley. There is none offering. Quote
prime brewing $1.05(1.10, feed $1 .00
1.05 per cental, sacked.
Flour Best- brands $3.ofS$400 per
barrel.
Millstupfs The supply is quite suffi
cient for the demand. We quote bran
and shorts $20.00 per ton. Shorts and
middlings $22.50 $24.00 per ton.
Ha v The recent storm has effected the
market somewhat and hay has met with
activity in sales. Quote, timothy, $17.00
per ton, wheat hay incom pressed bales
$12.50. Oat hay although is not quoted
any higher, has an upward tendency.
Alfalfa market is without change in
former quotation, $13.0014.00; oat hay,
$12.00.
Potatoes Are in good supply and
have a downward tendency. . Quote,
$.80, and .90 cents per 1001b.
Butter The market is entirely bare
of good butter and but a limited supply
of ordinary on hand ; the quotations are
firm. Quote A 1 .70, good .65, brine .40
(S0.45, common .30. 35 per roll.
Eggs The market is firmer, the
stormy weather has been unfavorable for
increased supply and the former quota
tion is firmer. Quote .16 .20 per
dozen.
Poultry The poultry market
stiffer since our last quotation.
and a still farther advance is looked
for as there is a scarcity in supply
which continues. We quote, good.
average fowls $4.00 per dozen, common
$3.003.50 per dozen. Turkeys .10 per
Tb. Geese .90$!. 25 each. Ducks
.35
.40 each.
Wool There are only a few lots
of
wool in store, and quotations cannot be
made with certainty, prices . average
from .15.18 for Eastern Oregon
Hides Prime dry hides are quoted at
,040.05 " per pound. . Culls ,.02
.03. . Green .02. Salt .03. Sheep
pelts extra .75.85, ordinary .40
60 each. Bearskins, io. 1 $s.uu
common $2.o0.
Beef Beef on foot clean and prime
,03M. ordinary .U2?i.
Mutton Wethers, extra choice $4.00,
common $2.75$3.50 per head.
Hogs Live heavy, .04. .Medium
weight .04. dressed ,05.06,
Uu-d .ii iu6 ; iun .10.' ; hib
.08.08k.c per pound.
THE HUNT SYSTEM.
Will 1e Continued Down the Colombia
to Portland.
The general impression among railroad
men is that tne iSortnern I'acinc will
extend the Hunt system which they
have purchased, down the river past The
Dalles to Portland. A prominent gentle
man in railroad circles has been inter
viewed by the Portland Evening Telegram
and explains his opinion as follows
about it:
"The Hunt system will be extended to
Portland, and sooner than this city ever
expected."
"WnvT"
"Because, by buihliner about 200 miles
of road at a probable cost ot Wiu,(iw.
the Northern Pacific can save a run of
just 200 miles by connecting this city
with Wallula Junction, to which point
thev are already constructed, and thereby
save the circuitous route oy way ot la
coma. This latter route is not only a
erv roundabout wav for the run to Port
land, but it is the roughest portion of the
northern .Facihc s entire system, ana,
bv making the short line connection,
thev will have, not only a quicker run,
but a verv much easier one.
Then, too, by constructing about
fifty miles of road between Dayton and
Lewiston. the entire product of Western
Idaho could be broueht to Portland
direct, effecting a saving in distance of
over 400 miles, or a train leaving Lewis
ton, Idaho, by that route would arrive
here about twenty-four hours earlier
than if it came around by the Sound.
"Bv the ownership of the Hunt sys
tem passing to the Northern Pacific, an
undoubted benefit will be received by
Portland, for the new lines will, be con
structed without delay."
A PREHISTORIC RACE.
Rome Interesting: DIscoTerlee
Mad at
Nashville.
Nashvili-e, Ten., March 0. Near
Cleveland, Tenn., the work of a prehis
toric race has been discovered in the
shape of a wall now underground. It is
five feet high and one hundred yards
long.' Some stones bear (inscriptions in
hieroglyphic characters. The wall evi
dently antidates the mound builders.
r
Gibons, JWaeallisteF & Go.
Dealers in
GROCERIES,
- AND
FARM IMPLEMENTS.
WALTER A. WOOD'S
REAPERS and MOWERS.
Hodge and Benica Headers, Farm Wagons, Hacks, Buggies, Road Carls. Gang
and Sulky Plows, Harrows, Grappling Hay Forks, Fan Mills, Seat Cush
ions, Express and Buggy Tops, Wagon Materials, Iron and Coal,
etc. etc.
Agent for Little's Sheep Dips.
A Complete Line of OILS. GRASS and GARDEN SEEDS.
The Dalles, - -
The Dalles Mercantile Co.,
(Successors to BROOKS & BEERS.)
The Dalles, Or.
JOBBERS ZDE-A-LEIRS
STIM and FflflGY GROGEHIES,
Hardware, Flour, Bacon, Etc.
X
Headquarters for T:as, Coffees, Dried Fruits,
Canned Goods Etc. New Brands of Choice Gro
ceries Arriving Daily.
Hay Grain and Produce.
Of all Kinds Bought, and Sold at Retail or in Car
Load Lots, at Lowest Market Hates. Free deliv
ery to Boats and Cars and all Parts of the City.
390AND394 SECOND STREET.
Hahry Cluugh.
acific Fence
Corner of Second and Laughlin Streets, The Dalles, Or.
Manufacturers of Combination Fences, ;
The Best Stock. Chicken and Rabbit Fence Me.
Also Manufacturers of "
Strong and Durable Vire Mattresses. :
CLOUGH & LARSEN, Proprietors
Snipes & Kinersly,
Leading Druggists
Dealers In
Paints, Oils and
COAL and PINE TAR,
Artists Material,
Imported I(eiJ Wegfc
12 Second Street,
CHAS. STUBLING,
-PBOPBIETOR
ft
New "Vogt Block;
GERMAN IM
WHOLiESAlaE and RETAIU lilQUOR DEHLiEf.
Milwaukee Beer on Draught.
THE DALLES LUMBERING CO.,
INCORPORATED 1888.
No. G7 Washington Street. . . The Dalles.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers and Manufacturers of
Building Material and Dimension Timber, Doors, Windows. Moldings, House Furnishings, Efc
Special Attention given to the
Boxes and Packing Cases. .
Factory Jiiid Xjxxixi."fcsr T?".rd .t Old Xt. X3A.llar. .
DRY Pine, Fir, Oak and
any part of
New Umatilla- House,.
THE DALLFS, OREGON.
HANDLEY & SINNOTT, PROP'S.
,ARGEST : AND : FINEST :
Ticket and Baggage Office of the O. E. & N.
' Vnion Telegraph Office are Is the Hotel.
Fire-Proof Safe for theSafety of ail Valuables.
HARDWARE,
-
Lime and Sulphur, etc.
. '. -
Oregon.'
Andrew Larskn.
Qlindooi Glass,
and Domestic digai
The Dalles, Oregon.
OF THE-
Second Street.
Manufacture of Fruit and Ftahs
Slab ; WOOD Delivered to-
the city,
HOTEL : IN : OREGON..
Com pany Bd ofiEoe of the Waaierwi
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